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(...) Here's some interesting info & 1 photo of the real Takao: (URL) Bob (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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oooo aaaaaaaah.....i didnt know that making such a ship was possible. I hope ya can give us some more pics of that up close.... wtb (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Length: 499 studs (156" / 13' / 4 meters) Max beam: 56 studs (17.5" / 1' 5.5" / 0.445 meters) And, bizarre as it sounds, that's actually correct to the historical ratios. Those things were like pencils with portholes! best LFB (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks! I'm sorry, but I don't think I'll be able to pull up to the Port Brique wharf...I mean, besides the fact that you'd be shooting at me. :) best LFB (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) What are the dimensions? It looks huge!!! Jude (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks! I'd love to think I'm a genius, but the fact is that I'm just experienced (and I have a lot of dark grey, and a lot of free time in large blocks). best LFB (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks for the compliments--it makes me want to continue working my kiester off each year! I told Shiri that this better be one heck of a job you got to make it worth missing Brickfest for. ;) But yes, we missed you too--your absence was very (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks! I just took a measurement, and it's 499 studs including the chrysanthemum on the bow. The scale of the ship is about 1/60, so if a minifig is 1/35, it's definitely compressed. (...) Oooh, Leyte Gulf. (The reason for the joke is that (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It's in the works...I'm also going to dig up all of my old ships, which look comically bad (one of them is blue, heh) in comparison to the last two. It makes for an interesting evolutionary diagram of ship design. best LFB (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Excellent powers of deduction, Bruce! :D It is indeed a heavy cruiser, of the post-Treaty sort (built 1927-1932). It's meant to represent the heavy cruiser Takao (but could also pass for the Atago), normal displacement ~13,000 tons, length at (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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